NAME

       dscreate

SYNOPSIS

       dscreate [-h] [-v] [-j] {from-file,interactive,create-template,ds-root} ...

POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS

       dscreate from-file
              Create an instance of Directory Server from an inf answer file

       dscreate interactive
              Start interactive installer for Directory Server installation

       dscreate create-template
              Display an example inf answer file, or provide a file name to write it to disk.

       dscreate ds-root
              Prepare a root directory in which non root user can create, run and administer instances.

COMMAND 'dscreate from-file'
       usage: dscreate from-file [-h] [-n] file

       file   Inf  file  to  use  with  prepared  answers.  You  can  generate an example of this with 'dscreate
              create-template'

OPTIONS 'dscreate from-file'
       -n, --dryrun
              Validate system and configurations only. Do not alter the system.

COMMAND 'dscreate interactive'
       usage: dscreate interactive [-h]

COMMAND 'dscreate create-template'
       usage: dscreate create-template [-h] [--advanced] [template_file]

       template_file
              Write example template to this file

OPTIONS 'dscreate create-template'
       --advanced
              Add advanced options to the template - changing  the  advanced  options  may  make  your  instance
              install fail

COMMAND 'dscreate ds-root'
       usage: dscreate ds-root [-h] root_dir [bin_dir]

       root_dir
              A directory that will be used as virtual root.

       bin_dir
              A directory in which administration wrappers are installed. (Should be in PATH)

OPTIONS

       -v, --verbose
              Display verbose operation tracing during command execution

       -j, --json
              Return the result as a json message

COMMENTS

       Example of install by a non root user:
           PATH=$HOME/bin:$PATH # Should be in .profile
           dscreate ds-root $HOME/mydsroot $HOME/bin
           hash -d dscreate # bash command to insure new dscreate wrapper will be used
           dscreate interactive
           # Note: Make sure to use non priviledged port number (i.e > 1000)

AUTHOR

       Red Hat, Inc., and William Brown <389-devel@lists.fedoraproject.org>

DISTRIBUTION

       The        latest        version        of        lib389        may        be       downloaded       from
       http://www.port389.org/docs/389ds/FAQ/upstream-test-framework.html

lib389 3.1.2                                       2025-04-10                                        DSCREATE(8)